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Table 3‑1. Features Supported Through HTML Access (Continued)
Feature
Windows 7
Desktop
Windows 8.x
Desktop
Windows 10
Desktop
Windows
Server 2008
R2 Desktop
Windows
Server 2012 R2
Desktop
PCoIP display protocol
VMware Blast display protocol X X X X X
USB redirection
Real-time audio-video (RTAV) X X X X X
Wyse MMR
Windows Media MMR
Virtual printing
Location-based printing X X X X X
Smart cards
Multiple monitors
For descriptions of these features and their limitations, see the View Architecture Planning document.
Feature Support for Session-Based Desktops and Hosted Applications on RDS
Hosts
RDS hosts are server computers that have Windows Remote Desktop Services and View Agent installed.
Multiple users can have desktop and application sessions on an RDS host simultaneously.
The following table describes which features are available from RDS hosts if you use HTML Access.
Additional features are available if you use natively installed Horizon Client, such as Horizon Client for
Windows.
Table 3‑2. Features Supported for HTML Access to RDS Hosts with View Agent 6.1.1 or Later Installed
Feature
Windows Server
2008 R2 RDS Host
on a Physical
Machine
Windows Server
2008 R2 RDS Host
on a Virtual
Machine
Windows Server
2012 or 2012 R2
RDS Host on a
Physical Machine
Windows Server
2012 or 2012 R2 RDS
Host on a Virtual
Machine
RSA SecurID or
RADIUS
X X X X
Single sign-on X X X X
VMware Blast display
protocol
X X X X
Virtual printing
Location-based
printing
X X
Multiple monitors
N The RDS host can be a virtual or a physical machine.
For information about which editions of each guest operating system are supported, or which service packs,
see the "Supported Operating Systems for Horizon Agent" topic in the View Installation document.
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